Command-line tool

protoc-gen-go

brew/protoc-gen-go

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Go support for Google's protocol buffers

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install protoc-gen-go

Linux

brew install protoc-gen-go

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